Marker for any kind of live-stock, more specially poultry



Jan. 16, 1962 R. R. G. GUYOT 3,016,643

MARKER FOR ANY KIND OF LIVE-STOCK, MORE SPECIALLY POULTRY Filed OCL. 29, 1959 3,016,643 MARKER FOR ANY KIND OF LIVE-STOCK, MORE SPECIALLY POULTRY Roger Remi Gerard Guyot, Victor Heylenlei 49, Boechout, Belgium Filed Oct. 29, 1959, Ser. No. 849,654 Claims priority, application Belgium May 6, 1959 3 Claims. (Cl. 40-302).

Many types of marker elements have been proposed which are bent in a V-shaped strap, one arm thereof being pros/ided with a small cup and the other arm ending in a pointed strip having two hooks. When the strip is pressed within the cup, after being introduced therein through an inlet opening, said strip is locked into the cup.

The invention has for object certain useful improvements in this kind of markers. The markers according to the invention are characterized by their high simplicity and by their particular locking which affords a large security.

According to a main characteristic of the invention, the marker presents a V-shaped transverse section over its whole length or a portion thereof, whereas the cup receptacle has such a thickness that when the V-shaped strip is introduced therein, it may be flattened by pressure between the upright walls of the small cup, whereby the breadth of the strip is enlarged with respect to that of the inlet opening, the latter being preferably in triangular form, with the result that when trying to remove the strip out of the cup, the hooks of the strip remain anchored against the top wall of the small cup.

This characteristic and others will more clearly appear from the following more detailed description of possible forms of embodiment of a marker according to the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawing.

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view illustrating a marker according to the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of the strip of the marker from FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a section according to line III-III of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation with partial longitudinal section of the marker from FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 5 is a section of FIGURE 4 along line V-V;

FIGURE 6 is a section of FIGURE 5 along line VIVI;

FIGURE 7 is a view similar to that in FIGURE 4, but illustrating the marker in locked position;

FIGURE 8 is a section of FIGURE 7 along line VHF-VIII;

FIGURE 9 is a section of FIGURE 8 along line IXIX of FIGURE 8;

FIGURES 10 to 13 are front elevations of possible modifications of the strip, according to the invention.

In FIGURES 1 to 9, may be seen that the marker is formed from a single band 1 which is bent in V-shape. One end of this element is ending in a strip 2 which is bent almost at right angles and of which a transverse section presents a V-shape over the whole length of the strip. The outer end of said strip is tapered and presents a narrowing 3 passing into a pair of hooks 45. The other end of the marker element 1 presents a triangular opening 6 through which the strip 2 may be passed. Said end portion of the part 1 is also provided with a small cup shaped receptacle 7 which may be produced by stamping of the band 1. By folding said end portion the small cup 7 is coming in front beneath the inlet opening 6. Two side wings 8-9 secure a rigid position of the cup part against the adjacent portion of the strap 1. Before the locking operation of the marker the whole thickness D of the strip 2 is larger than the thickness d of the small cup 7. The breadth B of the small cup 7 is selected so that the V-shaped strip has sufficient space to become flattened out when pressed plane. Preferably the inlet of the small cup is slightly rounded.

For the application of the marker described herebefore, for instance upon the wing of a hen, it is convenient to cause the strip 2 to traverse said wing and to exert manually such pressure upon both arms of the element that the V-shaped strip is introduced through the triangular inlet opening 6 into the small cup 7. Under the further continued pressure the edges of the tapered strip 2 will slide over the rounded part of the cup 7, whereby the V-shaped strip 2 will be progressively pressed plane between the upright walls of said cup, so that the breadth of the said strip grows larger than that of the inlet opening 6. It results therefrom that in trying to remove the strip out of the cup, the hooks 45 will remain anchored behind the top wall of the cup.

It is obvious that the strip may be embodied in any convenient manner, such as shown for instance in FIG- URES 11 to 13, while remaining within the scope of the invention.

It is furthermore obvious that the small cup receptacle may have variable shapes with respect that described and shown in the drawing. Finally also the inlet opening may present a ditferent shape, although the triangular shape as described is best suited with this type of marker.

I claim:

1. An identification means for live stock and the like, comprising a generally flat strap, one end of said strap having an opening therein, the other end of said strap having an extension terminating in a barb portion and arranged to pass through said opening, said extension being generally concave-convex in cross-section throughout its length including the barb portion, a cupped receptacle communicating with and adjacent said opening, said receptacle including substantially parallel walls spaced apart a distance less than the maximum depth in crosssection of said barbed portion but having :a width greater than that of said opening, said barb portion being adapted to be pressed through said opening and into said receptacle whereby said walls eifect a deformation of said barb portion to a dimension wider than said opening so as to lock said barb portion within said receptacle.

2. An identification means for live-stock and the like comprising a bent metal strap having a first end adapted to be thrust through an object and then interlocked with a second end of the strap in applied position, said second end having an opening therein and a cupped receptacle communicating with and adjacent said opening, said receptacle having a width greater than said opening, said first end of said strap having a barb portion which is substantially V-shaped in cross-section throughout its length and substantially rigid, said receptacle having substantially parallel walls spaced apart a distance less than the maximum depth in cross-section of said barb portion, said barb portion being adapted to be pressed through said opening and into said receptacle whereby said walls effect a deformation of said barb portion to a dimension wider than said opening so as to lock said barb portion within said receptacle.

3. An identification means for live-stock and the like comprising a generally flat strap, one end of said strap having an opening therein, the other end of said strap having an extension terminating in a barb portion and arranged to pass through said opening, said extension being generally V-shaped in cross-section throughout its length including the barb portion, a pair of abutments adjacent said opening and spaced apart a distance less than the maximum depth in cross-section of said barb portion, said barb portion being adapted to be pressed through said opening and into engagement with said abutments 3 whereby said abutments will etfect a deformation of said 1,822,390 barb portion to a dimension wider than said opening so 1,986,902 as to lock said barb portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent 5 29 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS 1 069824 1,192,792 Lenk July 25, 1916 Brooks Sept. 8, 1931 Timson Jan. 8, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Italy Nov. 10, 1931 France Feb. 17, 1954 

